UNFPA South Sudan

South Sudan gained independence in 2011. With less than half the population able to access health facilities and a shortage of skilled birth attendants, the maternal death rate is high. Active since 2006, UNFPA began full-fledged operations in 2012. Current programmes help build the health system and develop capacities for providing reproductive health care, including through training midwives. Other measures seek to prevent gender-based violence, and develop systems to produce and use demographic data for development.

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Population

  • Population aged 0-14

  • Population aged 15-64

  • Population aged 65+

Maternal and newborn health

  • Births attended by skilled health personnel

Sexual and reproductive health

  • CPR any method

  • Unmet need

Education

Fertility

Total fertility rate, per woman, 2010-2015

Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2010-2015

Harmful Practices

Child marriage by age 18, per cent, 2006-2017

  • Child marriage by age 18

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Programme activities

  • All resources
  • Core
  • Non - core

All contraceptives - South Sudan

No Data Available

Impact of UNFPA’s work

Global impact of UNFPA’s support

Unintended Pregnancies Averted

49,000

Unintended Pregnancies Averted

Materal Deaths Averted

300

Maternal Deaths Averted

Unsafe Abortions Averted

18,700

Unsafe Abortions Averted

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